My goal for last year was four novels. I only published three. I think that’s the most I’ve been able to do in a single year since 2007 so it was definitely a more productive year.
I also produced the paperback copies of the five outstanding books and I’m working in getting By Darkness Forged brought up to paper, too. That should happen by the end of this month.
I have Cape Grace in my word processor and I’ve spent a couple of hours on it this morning. It’s not pretty. I’ve started and stopped this story so many times I can’t remember what’s in this draft, what I threw out, what might have changed from the opening to the current last page. It’s going to take me some time to figure out where this book is going.
Next in line:
I’m going back to the Tanyth Fairport universe, but shifting continents to Sudenlan for a trilogy about a guy who gets traded to a barbarian tribe as hostage for salt. It’ll be a sort of sword and sorcery story. I have no idea where it’s going, but it’s been percolating for a year now.
Coming in audio:
By Darkness Forged has gone to Podium for Jeff Kafer to read. It’ll likely be March before that comes out of the Podium pipeline.
Ravenwood is overdue in my inbox, but all three books should come out in relatively short order. Word is that they’ve been recorded but are in post-production hell.
Sorry, the Smuggler’s Tales aren’t in production yet. I’m waiting to see what happens with the Tanyth books before I decide where to put those stories.
Thanks for coming along for the ride with me over the years. This month marks the twelfth anniversary since I sat down to write “Call me Ishmael.”
Here’s hoping I can do it for at least another twelve.
Happy New Year to you, too, Nathan. Thank you for creating such wonderful stories.
Happy New Year to you too. Can’t wait for more Wonderful stories this year.
I just found your stories (finishing Trader Tales 6)and have been listening to the audiobooks while I work. I wanted to say thank you for having hard work, honesty, common courtesy, and compasion be the keys to being successful. I appreciate the message it sends and look forward to the rest of your stories. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
Mr. Lowell, I continue to enjoy your stories and I especially appreciate the “normal” ness of your characters. They aren’t trying to save the universe, just get along day by day in the situations that happen to them. I also appreciate your handling of “intimate” moments without lurid details. Too many authors go into gratuitous descriptions best left to imagination.
Maybe a future story on new cadets at the academy… Or how the Academy got started?
Whatever you come up with I am sure it will please… Thank you for your talent and hard work.
Allison
Hey Nathan, really love the books about Ishmael. Any other novels planned for him and Pip? Personally I’d love to see Ishmael join the Navy now that we have seen that element introduced. But hopefully there are more books of any sort about them.
Yes, there will be more Ishmael and Pip.
Ishmael will never join the Navy. That was kinda the point of having him.
Mr. Lowell, I’d like to thank you for sharing your imagination with us.
The Solar Clipper tales are exactly the type of sci-fi story I didn’t know I was looking for.
Thank you.
Hi Nathan, I really enjoyed By Darkness Forged, thank you for writing it and sharing with us. I admire your writing very much.
Sitting here in Australia in 40 degree Celsius heat they are just what I need to survive by relocating my imagination to the worlds you have created. Much much cooler worlds! Thank you.